It should work if you precede the " " with a "\". I.E. - Program\ Files -----Original Message----- From: hq4ever@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:hq4ever@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 7:11 AM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; sanguis@xxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [users@httpd] log rotation for apache 2.0.54 on w2k3 server ? On 5/22/05, Joost de Heer <sanguis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Piping works under windows too. Although I've noticed that using several > piped logs, things stop working properly ('several' was in my case about > 25). Don't know if this was a problem in my configuration, or a general > problem. > > You could always use one general piped log, and add the vhost-information > to the log, so you can split logs later on. > > Using strftime-style logfile-names works also under windows. > > Also try avoiding spaces in file/directory names. > > I usually use something like > > CustomLog "|d:/apps/apache2/2.0.xx/bin/rotatelogs.exe > d:/apps/apache2/logs/access_%Y%m%d.log 86400" common > > to get daily logs. > > Joost > Could someone please express his opinion on this: The Apache installation is located at [1] (it's a test server), the logs location folder has been selected as [2] the directory itself of curse has been pre created. [1] C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\ [2] C:\ApacheLogs Now, when setting in httpd.conf the CustomLog as [3] the server fails to start with the error code (0x1) in the windows system logger [4]. [3] CustomLog "|c:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/bin/rotatelogs.exe c:/ApacheLogs/access_log 600" common [4] The Apache2 service terminated with service-specific error 1 (0x1). While, when setting the CustomLog as [5] the server start normally. [5] CustomLog "|c:/progra~1/Apache~1/Apache2/bin/rotatelogs.exe c:/ApacheLogs/access_log 600" common Is it the only way to treat spacing in windows? i.e by converting the folders to the 8.3 DOS notation ? Thanks for thoughts (: -- Cheers, Maxim Vexler (hq4ever). Do u GNU ? --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx